Arseniy Yatsenyuk: Under the current circumstances bilateral negotiations between Ukraine and Russia cannot be appropriate

“Under the current circumstances any bilateral negotiations between Ukraine and Russia are considered inappropriate,” the Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk stressed on Wednesday, May 21, in Mykolayiv during the Third inclusive National Unity Roundtable.

He explained that Russia had launched military aggression on the territory of Ukraine, “destroyed European security system, violated the international law and the UN Charter in which Ukraine and Russia were co-founders”.

“Hence, to restore relations with Russia we suggest resuming these relations in a quadripartite format at first. We don’t believe in words, not to mention that Russia has violated the signed agreement,” Arseniy Yatsenyuk highlighted.

The Head of Government stressed the Ukrainian party was ready to Geneva-2 format: Ukraine – EU – U.S.A. – Russia: “However, ahead of the meeting we should be aware what will be our understandings. Instead of just meeting and then leaving without any understandings or using these meetings just for the political pandering”.